digamy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digamia (“twice married”), from Ancient Greek διγαμία (digamía, “bigamy”), δίγαμος (dígamos), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). By surface analysis, di- +‎ -gamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪ.ɡə.mi/

Noun

digamy (plural digamies)

1. A second marriage (as after the death or divorce of a spouse)

Synonyms

• digamism
• deuterogamy

Derived terms

• digamist
• digamous

See also

• di-
• -gamy
• bigamy